A study co-authored by a Charles Sturt University (CSU) scientist warns that climate change could have far-reaching negative impacts on the health of rural Australians.

The Rudd Labor government's proposed review of drought assistance to the farming sector in the face of climate change is appropriate, according to Professor Nick Klomp, the newly appointed Dean of the Faculty of Science at Charles Sturt University (CSU).

Exceeding the call of his profession is how the NSW Minister for Primary Industries Ian Macdonald described Professor Geoff Scollary as he awarded the CSU academic the prestigious Graham Gregory Trophy for 2007.

As one of the worst droughts in a hundred years continues its grip on Australia, inland communities large and small face the prospect of another very hot, dry summer. The national university of inland Australia, Charles Sturt University has specialist researchers available for comment on drought issues such as its effects on agricultural production and water use, access to services and impacts on families, regional businesses and communities.

Charles Sturt University released a proposal to staff today (Wednesday 11 July) to strengthen its agricultural profile as the national University of inland Australia.

Charles Sturt University (CSU) will host a visit by a delegation from German and Austrian universities on Thursday 15 and Friday 16 March as a result of an agreement CSU signed last year with the European Study Centre in Bretten (ESCB), Germany.

Australia’s peak wine research and funding bodies will join in a leading $30 million dollar research collaboration called the NWGIC Winegrowing Futures Initiative.

Winemakers and vignerons from throughout Australia and overseas are expected to return to Wagga Wagga for the 25th reunion of wine education at Charles Sturt University today, Friday 29 June.

A greater understanding of a defect in wine quality or wine oxidation is expected to flow from a year long research project by a French wine scientist at CSU's National Wine and Grape Centre.